Weather Records on 27 December 1981

832 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1981. Highest significance: Dzizak, UZ.

Key Facts for 27 December 1981

On 27 December 1981, 832 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 797 daily.
Dzizak set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 27 December 1981.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

832 stations

832 station records on 27 December 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dzizak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Liverpool Big Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau	Germany	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arkona	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sonneberg-Neufang	Germany	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Donaueschingen	Germany	Record snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lautertal-Oberlauter	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oy-Mittelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parkhar	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kuna	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tribsees	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuljab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

832 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 152, Deepest snow cover 223.

Records on 27 December 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	152
Deepest snow cover	223

Records on 27 December 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 797.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 810.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1981

Top 20 records on 27 December 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1981	Dzizak, UZ	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Worms, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Kronach, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Tasiilaq, GL	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Bad Bergzabern, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Callao, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Gladwin, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Liverpool Big Falls, CA	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	22.3 cm (8.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Hof (Stadt), DE	daily snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau, DE	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Clover Valley, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Arkona, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Alzey, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Sonneberg-Neufang, DE	daily snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Donaueschingen, DE	daily snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Berlin-Tempelhof, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Lautertal-Oberlauter, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Berus, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1981	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 832 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	675
200 to 400	13
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1